Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV), on Sunday, November 7, served previous quick bowler Shoaib Akhtar with a maligning notice of Rs 100 million after his altercation with anchor Dr. Nauman Niaz during a TV show. On Tuesday, October 26, the anchor had asked the 46-year-old Akhtar to leave the show, ‘Game On Hai’ after which the last option left the channel.
Shoaib Akhtar was one of the specialists on the show alongside West Indies’ Viv Richards and England’s David Gower. In the notification, the communicated referenced that Akhtar’s abdication was an infringement of the statement and brought about monstrous monetary misfortunes to PTV Sports.
“According to proviso 22, the two sides will have right to end his understanding by serving three months’ composed notification or installment in lieu thereof. While, Shoaib Akhtar surrendered on air on October 26 which has come about into enormous monetary misfortunes to PTV,” the notification read, The Express Tribune detailed.
Shoaib Akhtar in a tough situation
In the notification, Akhtar was additionally blamed for highlighting in a show coordinated by an Indian channel without serving a necessary notification period. The show additionally included veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.
“You [Akhtar] additionally left Dubai during T20 World Cup transmission with no earlier data to PTVC the executives. Moreover, appearance on an Indian TV show alongside Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh, additionally made hopeless misfortunes PTV,” it expressed.
According to the notification, Akhtar additionally made himself missing from the ‘Game On Hai’ show that started on October 17, 2021 “though you will undoubtedly show up on PTV Sports all through the World Cup”.
Akhtar has now been approached to pay a robust measure of Rs 100 million as harms to go with a measure of “Rs3,333,000, comparable to a three-month pay”.
In the midst of the discussion, Akhtar dropped in a tweet where he communicated his failure and misery over the whole disaster. The resigned pacer additionally said that “I am a contender” and promised to face the lawful conflict with the assistance of his legal counselor, Abuzar Salman Khan Niazi.
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Shoaib Akhtar took to Twitter and stated, “Absolutely Disappointed. After pitiably neglecting to protect my regard and notoriety while I was working for PTV, they have now sent me a Recovery Notice.”
